Stake box



July 14, 1931.

G. H. MILLER 1,814,521

' STAKE BOX Filed F'eb. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l Tial. l9 7 NTOR - July 14, 1931. MlLLER 1,814,521

sum BOX Filed Feb. 20, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 TELL Q z a x z INVENTOR Georyefl/VzZZef ATTORNEYS Patented July .14, 1931 PATENT; omeg- QEQRGE H, MILLER, on urLwAnxEmwIscQNsm, essgenon e ME AL EQBMfi .3 i remission; e1 MILWAUKEE, wIscQNsxN, A COBIQ RAEEIQ 19 the ven pml I ethee wen Wk ,v th y e in'sefledin ereet ng the l ter e ki ia -hQ ksm-e ms het engage th rail, Th

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u er ebieet v h vi1 liti i to pr vide est k 119?? 9f th @heres e abov its Mel-p ition with in-ithe slot. I is app e t, therefdre-that a important feature of th inventi n e ide i th me h d b wh h the bozcenid rai a e a semble pert eu er mphes s being placed o tee"? in con etqn'b t a' w ngingec ienwhie r sa cmiipeme by wed n f .p ojfi [in the rail.

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, to eat es 2,. relnforcenient for the carrying shr f ege of the rail. This end is attained by p per y dimens qn n h ho k em e s Sb t at when theyere' swunginto position'the'y surface of the railend reinforce the a seine. Eu tlierm e, impo a feature Ofthis t e e ipplied to the box-ere transmitted to end my he ie il @Q b m @isegee w men due to the presenee of heavy loads on the s hi t l e iS ewes "p emin the w 12mm? types Q' ra l be i JIYQ slqwnwerd ine ement bf t e e 'offlie re i1 the leg se thereof tends to disengage th Pesf interlocki means ploye'd at this point] Wi h t e, an et e e i fis nd adv iew, th i t nti mp ise ce tem O he nst u oi c mb e l n gr rrangen lent s of parts as w ll be hereinafter F r a f ll and mere m te understand* ing 'ofthe invention, reference may be held to the following description and accompanying draw ng n which I Ff gnre is a perspective showing of my novel stekebogi mounted on a rail. 1 FigureZis a on the line 22 of Figure 1 bringing out the eenthest ake box and the r ail.

F ilr ingh oyv the lugs of the stake box a-re'bronght into engagement with the eomplenlental slots F ignre 4: is a, perspective yiew of, the preferred form ofmy novel stake box.

" Figure 5 is a side elevation of a stake box mpunt d .0 ra l, ss g ne m difi tmn fmy mv nt 'ill gllr is i lar ew Fi 5 skewin enethe Qrm o y o ls ek e vWhile piej enri d and mor pe i i emeng e ge the underside of the jearrying vertical sectiontaken about arrangem t resides in the mum th I 3 1s a View in sidefelevation Show bodiment of the invention is herein set forth, it is to be understood that I am not to be limited to the exact constructions illustrated and described, because various modifications of these details may be provided in putting the invention into practice Within the purview ofthe appended claims.

Referring now to Figure l, a conventional type of roadrail generally designated as-A is formed with upstandingside members- 1 and 2 joined together at their tops by a curved portion 3. The lower portion of-tlieside member 2 is bent outwardly therefrom.

to form a flange 5, While the lower portion of the side member 1 is bent inwardly to form a flange 4 which extends under the side member 2 and is parallel and adjacent to the aforementioned flange 5. d An opening 6 a through the flanges 4. and is adapted to receive a stake 7 therethrou gh. Slots8 are provided in'the side member 2 for reasons stakeboxwherein lugs 17 are made of to be hereinafter set forth.

A stake box builtin accordance with my lnvention as shown in Figure 4 comprises side members 9vand 10 integral with a joining member ll. Lugs 12 project outwardly and upwardly from the side members 9'and 10 substantially as shown, An aperture 13 in the member 11, similar to the opening 6 in the rail A, is adapted to receive the stake 7. The lower parts of the side members 9 and .10 are bent outwardly into flanges or feet that are parallel and adjacent to the flange Q 5 of the rail A when the. stake box is in its assembled position. Openings 14 in these feet are adapted to receive rivets for peaningthe box to the rail. members 9 and 10 withthe member 11, are slots 15 for receiving a wedge v1 6.,-

In fastening my novel stake box to a rail,

the upperends of the lugs 12 are first inserted inthe slots 8, the box being held in a position substantially at right angles to its final intended position. The whole box is then 'swung downwardly with the lugs 12 and slots 8 forming a p1vot as clearly shown in Figure 3. It can be clearly seen from the drawings that when the box'is in its intended position, thefeet of the side members -9, and 10 abut against the flange 5 of the rail while the shoulders of the lugs 12 are thrustupwardly against the ends of the slots SQ'Any possible up and down motion'of the box is thereby prohibited andthe box acts as'a stiffener or rib for the side member 2 of the rail A. Rivets are then fastened through the feet of the members 9 and 10 and the flanges 4 and 5 thereby'holdin'g the box in place. The stake -7 and wedge 16 are then vapplied :as shown in the drawings.

Figure 6 shows a modification of my novel length than the lugs12 of the preferred form.

When the stake box is positioned, the ends of' the lugs 17 abut against the under-side of the away from therail A.

Near the junction. of the J own structure.

reater of theforms the lower part of the box abuts the flange'5 of the'rail and the lugs or shoulders formed thereby thrust upwardlyagainst the ends of the slots 8 thereby preventing any up and down movement of the box on the rail; This novel construction wherein the box is wedged into'position gives a stiffening effeet to the rail heretofore unattained in a pioxdadapted to be placed in position in the p v g Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,

1. In a road rail construction of the class described, the combination with a rail comprising aside member having a slot therein, of a stake box including a vertical Wall substantially at right angles to the' side member of the rail, and fastening means between the box and rail comprising a projection on the vertical wall of the box which completely "fills the slot in the rail, the base'of the stake a box abutting with the base of the rail so that -m the box forms a brace for the rail..

p 2; A road rail comprising a substantially vertical side member having a vertical slot,

'a stake holding device comprising a vertical- "ly arranged member at right angles to andfi fitti'ng'against the side member of the rail, the said member of the stake holding device having .a vertic'ahprojection extending in- L -w ar dly through'th'e slot of the rail side member and upwardly on the inner face thereoffho and means attaching the said stake holding device to the base of therai'l so that the said device forms a vertical brace edgewise to the rail andinterl'ocked to its side member to renderthe latter morerigid than afforded by its hs 3. A road rail. comprising a base from which upwardly extends a vertical side/member bent "laterally to forma head and down:

wardly tolform a second substantially ver-izo tical side member having a vertical slot, a

stake holding device comprising a vertically arranged member at right angles to and fitting against the side member of the rail, said member of the stake holding device having a ver- 125 tical projection extending inwardly through 'the slot ofthe' rail side member and upwardly on the inner face thereof until it engages theiiinder sideof the head Of-the'raiLsO as to act as a braceupwar'dly againstt-he head, and" 1-30 means attaching the said stake holding device to the base of the forms a vertical rail so that the said device brace edgewise to the rail and interlocked to its side member to render 5 the latter more-rigid than aflorded by its own structure.

In testimony whereof l aflix my signature.

GEORGE H. MILLER. 

